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I need help! Has anyone had liver problems like this?

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yvonne12414
yvonne12414

Just diagnosed with mastacized liver lesions. Doctor is looking for primary tumor cite. Liver needle biopsy next week to determine if lesions are malignant or benign.  Help... I am freaking out.  How does the radiologist know the lesions are mastacized? I was/am taking an antidepressant since 1999 that Google says has a "black list warning".  I knew this & the doctor knew this but my decision was to take the meds & have a blood test every 3 months to evaluate blood for signs of liver disease.  Up to now, no elevation of emzymes or signs of liver disease. Five weeks ago, doctor put me on a BP tablet for the first time.  I didn't know but the pharmacy called me with an alert about the BP pill & indicated it caused severe dry hacking cough in some people.  I had been taking it for 5 weeks by then & had developed a cough which I couldn't control. I thought I had an allergy or the flu.  I contacted the doctor & he wanted to see me. When I went in that day, I had developed severe pain in my left abdomen under the bottom 2 ribs from the coughing.  I had severe pain in my right abdomen under my 2 bottom ribs and the feeling of a fist knotted up under my ribs. I have had a Ruen Y Gastric bypass in 2005 with no problems & a weight loss of 126 lbs.  Presently, I feel like I have severe inflammation under both ribs from the coughing & the probing from the ultrasound from tests last week. The doctor prescribed pepsid 40 mg tablets as we were doctoring for IBS initially.  I had instant pain relief under both ribs & haven't had the extreme pain since; however, after my ultrasound, the doctor was consulted & immediately scheduled a CScan for the next day. Yesterday, my doctor indicated they were searching for a primary tumor that has mastasized lesions to my liver.  I feel like I'm suddenly living in a nightmare.  I have been scheduled for a biopsy next week.  How do you live through all this?  Has anyone been in this situation?  Please help if you have any answers cause I feel like i'm drowning.....

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  • rocky31676
    rocky31676 yvonne12414

    Posted

    Biopsy is determined by a pathologist, not a radiologist,  and they can tell if it is benign or malignant, etc. 

    No need to freak out, because it has not been diagnosed yet. 

    • yvonne12414
      yvonne12414 rocky31676

      Posted

      Thanks, rocky31676, for your reply.  Any information I can gather is helpful, as was yours.  Sorry for the drama in my comment, I'm just scared.  Thanks again.

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